Alcoholic Drinks: Retail Trade

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans his Department has to restrict the means by which business may promote alcohol consumption.

Alan Campbell: The Government have introduced legislation to establish a new code of practice for alcohol retailers. This will ensure that all alcohol retailers sell alcohol responsibly, by banning irresponsible promotions which encourage excessive drinking and can lead to crime and disorder.
	The legislation for the new code of practice in the Policing and Crime Bill is an enabling power, which will allow the Home Secretary to set out a small number of national mandatory licensing conditions which could apply to all alcohol retailers. It will also give licensing authorities more power to tackle local problems which occur in many town centres, allowing them to impose a more detailed set of conditions on two or more premises at the same time, in an area experiencing particularly high levels of alcohol related nuisance and disorder.
	Ministers have not yet taken any final decisions on the content of the mandatory code but some of the measures we are consulting on include:
	banning offers like "all you can drink for £10";
	outlawing pubs and bars offering promotions to certain groups, such as "women drink free" nights;
	banning staff dispensing alcohol directly into customers' mouths;
	requiring that consumers are able to make informed choices when they buy alcohol; and
	requiring bars and pubs to offer smaller measures available for customers who want them.
	We are holding a series of meetings with key stakeholders, including representatives of local government, enforcement agencies and the general public about the content of the code.
	Details of the consultation can be found at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/cons-2009-alcohol/

Antisocial Behaviour Orders

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many  (a) anti-social behaviour orders and  (b) acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years.

Alan Campbell: The latest available data on antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) covers the period 1 April 1999 to 31 December 2006. Information on the numbers of ASBOs issued is not available below criminal justice system (CJS) area level. The available information is shown in the table.
	The number of acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) is collected by the Home Office through a voluntary survey of crime and disorder reduction partnerships (CDRPs) use of antisocial behaviour tools and powers. The latest data published indicates that over 30,000 ABCs have been made between October 2003 and September 2007, with over 563 issued in the Essex during the same period.
	Currently, data on the number of ABCs issued are not available below regional level.
	
		
			  Table 1:  Number of anti-social behaviour orders ISSUED at all courts in the Essex criminal justice system (CJS) area, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, January 2002 to December 2006 
			  CJS  a rea  Number 
			 2002 2 
			 2003 23 
			 2004 79 
			 2005 88 
			 2006 32

Police: Procurement

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department has taken to promote the uptake of collaborative procurement strategies within police forces in England, as recommended in HM Treasury's May 2009 review, Operational Efficiency Programme: collaborative procurement.

David Hanson: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on 15 June 2009,  Official Report, column 39W.

Olympic Games 2012: Finance

Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her latest estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympic cycling events at the VeloPark.

Tessa Jowell: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has responsibility for staging the Olympic and Paralympic games including cycling events at the VeloPark.
	The VeloPark is being constructed by the Olympic Delivery Authority, and in the latest London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games—Quarterly Economic Report (May 2009) the current anticipated final cost (AFC) of the venue is reported at £94 million (net of external funding contributions and anticipated VAT savings totalling £11 million).
	The direct costs associated with staging the events at the VeloPark come from LOCOG's revenues which are primarily derived from commercial sponsorship, broadcast rights, ticket sales and merchandising/licensing—not from the public purse.
	There will be attributable costs to the public purse from London 2012 venues, including the VeloPark. However, these costs such as in security and transport systems have not yet been identified separately for individual events and will form part of the overall security and transport budgets.

Armed Forces: Pay

Malcolm Rifkind: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how many service personnel have had salary payments reduced or stopped in order to offset overpayments made as a result of errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system since April 2006;
	(2)  what steps his Department has taken to eliminate errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system;
	(3)  how many service personnel have been overpaid as a result of errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system since 7 April 2006.

Quentin Davies: The number of service personnel who have had salary payments reduced or stopped in order to offset overpayments made as a result of errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system since April 2006 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	Since roll-out in 2006, significant steps have been taken to eliminate errors in the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) (ORACLE) system. To rectify problems identified, 166 fixes to the system have been undertaken, and a further 344 other system changes have been made.
	For the number of personnel overpaid during the period April 2006 to September 2006 inclusive, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by the previous Under-Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans (Derek Twigg) on 7 November 2006,  Official Report, column 1470W, to the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnorshire (Mr. Williams). Data for October 2006 to December 2006 inclusive is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	For the number of personnel overpaid during the calendar year 2007, 1 refer the right hon. Member to the reply given by my noble Friend, the Minister for International Defence and Security, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, to the noble Lord, Lord Selkirk of Douglas in another place on 21 January 2008 and 5 February 2008,  Official Report,  House of Lords, columns WA2 and WA163.
	Although similarly detailed information about the number of personnel overpaid from January 2008 to date is not held as JPA is now operating a steady state, an audit undertaken during 2008 identified some 5,800 personnel who may have received duplicate, or overlapping payments of Operational Allowance. An enhancement to the JPA (ORACLE) system to prevent a reoccurrence was introduced in July 2008.
	Delays or errors in individual payments can also occur as the result of late or incorrect inputs by individuals or unit human resources staff. This information is not held centrally and could be provided at disproportionate cost.

Defence: Procurement

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on defence procurement in each of the armed services in the latest year for which figures are available; and how much of that expenditure was incurred in Scotland in each service.

Bob Ainsworth: The Defence budget is spent as efficiently as possible to deliver value for money in producing required military capability, but is not allocated on a regional basis or by individual service. For example, military equipment is provided for the armed forces by the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation, which receives the top level requirements under the guidance of the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Capability). These are determined on a capability basis.
	Estimates for direct MOD expenditure on equipment and non-equipment, and civilian and service personnel in Scotland are provided in the following table. Expenditure has been expressed as a percentage of the MOD's total worldwide actual cash expenditure. It is not possible to give a final figure for expenditure for Scotland as our contractors may place subcontracts with organisations outside Scotland. Moreover, companies in Scotland may receive defence subcontracts from firms elsewhere in the UK.
	
		
			  Scotland 2006-07 
			   £ million at current prices (VAT exclusive) 
			 Total 1,620 
			  Of which:  
			 Service personnel costs 590 
			 Civilian personnel cost 190 
			 Equipment expenditure 520 
			 Non-equipment expenditure 320 
			   
			 Total as percentage of net cash requirement 5.2 
			 Total as percentage of near cash 5.3 
			  Note: Figures rounded to nearest £10 million 
		
	
	The MOD presents estimates of annual procurement of goods and service in the UK broken out by industry sector and estimates of aggregate MOD equipment expenditure annually in "The UK Defence Statistics2, which can be found at the following link:
	http://www.dasa.mod.uk/UKDS2008/ukds.html
	The most recent data covers 2002-03 to 2006-07 and the data for 2008-09 will be published on 27 September 2009. Given that there is no regional consideration to the defence budget, we will no longer produce a regional breakdown of direct defence employment and associated expenditure after then.
	There is a strong manufacturing base in Scotland as a result of sustained investment by the UK Government. The Scottish Affairs Select Committee report into Employment and Skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland, published in June 2008, said that "the defence industry is vital to Scotland". Defence and aerospace industries generate nearly £2.31 billion in sales and together with the MOD support almost 50,000 jobs and a record number of apprentices.

Indonesia

Lembit �pik: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the Indonesian government on reported attacks on civilians in the Puncak Jaya region of West Papua; and if he will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: My hon. Friend, the then Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Bill Rammell) raised continuing UK concern at the human rights situation in Papua with Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda when they met in Jakarta on 10 February 2009, and again at the Asia Europe Meeting in Hanoi on 25 May 2009. The UK continues to advocate meaningful devolution, appropriate security measures and greater transparency in Papua.
	The Indonesian Government has made progress on human rights over the last decade. During the recent elections, we were aware of reports of tensions in Papua with regard to the actions of the security forces. Officials from our embassy in Jakarta last visited Papua on 17, 18 and 19 June 2009. They held meetings with officials, academics and non-governmental organisations in the region. Although recognising that problems remain, they report a general consensus that there has been a more sensitive and tempered response to some incidents of unrest, including in the Puncak Jaya area, by the law enforcement agencies.

Nuclear Weapons

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs under what international security conditions the Government would participate in the multilateral nuclear disarmament process.

Ivan Lewis: My right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have set out the UK's vision for a World Free From Nuclear Weapons, and the Government are at the forefront of efforts to create the conditions to bring this about. The Foreign Secretary set out these conditions in detail in the paper Lifting the Nuclear Shadow published in February 2009. As soon as it becomes useful for our arsenal to be included in a broader negotiation, we stand ready to participate and act.

Departmental Internet

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1124W, on departmental internet, how many  (a) unique visitors and  (b) page impressions were received by each website operated by his Department in each of the last 12 months.

Chris Mole: Tables have been placed in the Libraries of the House showing websites currently maintained by the Department for Transport and the unique visitors and page impressions received by each website in each of the last 12 months.
	Data is unavailable in some instances, either for technical reasons or because the website was not live at the time.
	Since April 2009 the Department has been measuring website usage in line with the guidance issued by the Central Office of Information, 'Measuring website usage (TG116)'.

Agriculture: Subsidies

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many direct payments to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme have been reduced by  (a) five per cent. and less and  (b) 20 per cent. or more in (i) England, (ii) Essex and (iii) Castle Point constituency in each of the last five years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The number of payments to Single Payment Scheme claimants in England that have been reduced by  (a) 5 per cent. and less and  (b) 20 per cent. or more as a result of the application of penalties during each scheme year since the scheme's introduction is provided in the following table.
	
		
			   Scale of penalty applied 
			  SPS scheme year  5 per cent. and less  20 per cent. or more 
			 2005 9,597 3,060 
			 2006 8,406 1,487 
			 2007 9,062 1,508 
			 2008(1) (1)5,173 (1)672 
			 (1) These numbers may increase when all payments for the 2008 scheme year have been made. 
		
	
	Unfortunately the data required to provide payment information for Essex and Castle Point constituency is not held in a form that is easily accessible. The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Floods: Cabinet Committees

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy that the Cabinet Committee on Flooding should meet at least three times a year.

Huw Irranca-Davies: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Tom Watson) gave to her on 23 March 2009,  Official Report, columns 50-51W.
	This answer stated that it is established practice that information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees, including exactly when and how often they are to meet, is not disclosed.

Development Aid

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effect of Government corruption on the effectiveness of UK overseas development aid to developing countries;

Michael Foster: The Department for International Development (DFID) undertakes Fiduciary Risk Assessments (FRAs) in al countries to which DFID is providing, or considering providing, financial aid. These include an explicit assessment of the risk of corruption, the strength of Government financial management systems and the potential effect of the on all Government expenditure including UK aid.
	All FRAs are subject to an external independent scrutiny and are updated through annual statements of progress.

Pakistan: International Assistance

Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the shortfall in financial assistance for the UN appeal for internally displaced persons from Swat and other parts of Malakand in north west Pakistan; and what plans his Department has for the provision of further assistance to the appeal.

Michael Foster: There have been regular discussions between members of the Cabinet, including the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for International Development, and the Government of Pakistan, on the needs of those displaced by conflict in Pakistan. The Prime Minister has also spoken with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Minister of State for International Development (Mr. Thomas), recently met with John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
	The Department for International Development (DFID) and UK embassies have been lobbying international donors, including the European Commission, to increase their contribution to the response to the humanitarian emergency in North West Pakistan. Funding for the appeal has been increasing and currently stands at 35.5 per cent. We have so far provided 22 million of humanitarian aid, including 12.5 million in support of the UN's appeal. This is the second largest bilateral contribution to the humanitarian effort. We will continue to monitor the humanitarian situation and funding position, and will consider additional funding if needed.

Strokes: Bexley

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reported cases of stroke there were in  (a) males and  (b) females in each age group in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since 1999.

Ann Keen: The following table provides a count of the finished admission episodes for stroke in Bexley Care Trust broken down by age group and sex for the years 1999-2000 to 2007-08.
	
		
			  Count of finished admission episodes f or a primary diagnosis of stroke( *)  in Bexley PCT for the ten year period 1998-99 to 2007-08, given by age groups and gender. Activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector 
			  Gender  Age groups  2007-08  2006-07  2005-06  2004-05  2003-04  2002-03  2001-02  2000-01  1999-2000  1998-99 
			  Male 0-9 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 * 0 
			  10-19 0 * * * 0 * * 0 0 0 
			  20-29 * * 0 * * * 0 0 0 * 
			  30-39 * * 6 6 * * * 0 0 12 
			  40-49 8 8 7 11 8 8 7 * * * 
			  50-59 27 20 20 11 16 18 16 10 20 11 
			  60-69 31 27 33 21 27 28 23 27 25 33 
			  70-79 51 55 45 47 50 48 45 34 54 47 
			  80-89 46 34 40 31 49 41 33 48 36 47 
			  90+ 8 11 * * 11 8 6 * * 6 
			  Total male 177 158 157 131 168 162 138 127 146 185 
			 
			  Female 0-9 * 0 0 * 0 * * 8 0 * 
			  10-19 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * 
			  20-29 * * 0 * * * 0 * 0 0 
			  30-39 7 * * * * * * * * 0 
			  40-49 * 9 * 8 * * 6 * 6 * 
			  50-59 7 19 17 13 15 13 14 14 * 13 
			  60-69 17 20 27 24 18 18 28 18 33 25 
			  70-79 34 34 46 50 40 46 45 56 37 48 
			  80-89 81 54 61 77 75 53 62 56 58 66 
			  90+ 24 16 17 29 26 25 13 20 15 13 
			  Total females 176 165 183 205 135 165 175 174 157 177 
			 
			 Unknown 80-89 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 
			  Grand Total 353 324 341 336 355 327 318 301 308 342 
			  Source:  Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

Overseas Students: USA

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward proposals to increase the number of US students studying in this country.

David Lammy: I have no plans to bring forward specific proposals for increasing the number of students from the United States studying at higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. However, through the second phase of the Prime Minister's initiative for international education (PMI2), the Government are working with the education sector to increase the number of international students studying in this country. The United States is one of the priority countries for PMI2. The numbers of students from the United States choosing to study in the UK has increased from 8,735 in 2000-01 to 13,900 students in 2007-08, the latest date for which data is available, an increase of 59 per cent.

Driving Offences: Convictions

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in each age group in each local authority area have been  (a) charged and  (b) convicted of driving offences in each of the last five years.

Claire Ward: Proceedings at magistrates courts for motoring offences, by age group, in England and Wales, by police force area, for the years 2003 to 2007 (latest available) can be viewed in table 1.
	Charging data are not held by the Ministry of Justice, thus proceedings at magistrates courts data have been provided in lieu.
	Findings of guilt at all courts for motoring offences, by age group, in England and Wales, by police force area, for the years 2003 to 2007 (latest available) can be viewed in table 2.
	It is not possible to further break down data to local authority area level as this data is not held by the Ministry of Justice, thus police force area data have been provided in lieu.
	Court proceedings data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
	
		
			  Table 1: Proceedings at magistrates courts for motoring offences, by age group, in England and Wales, by police force area 2003-07( 1,)( )( 2) 
			   2003  2004  2005 
			  Police force area  Under 21  21 and over  Total  Under 21  21 and over  Total  Under 21  21 and over  Total 
			 Avon and Somerset 12,849 77,009 89,858 12,280 75,233 87,513 10,601 64,307 74,908 
			 Bedfordshire 5,119 24,840 29,959 3,643 18,500 22,143 3,750 25,271 29,021 
			 Cambridgeshire 3,679 12,883 16,562 2,934 13,838 16,772 2,585 16,415 19,000 
			 Cheshire 5,472 27,176 32,648 5,698 32,460 38,158 4,402 25,373 29,775 
			 Cleveland 6,543 24,806 31,349 5,048 22,525 27,573 3,677 15,140 18,817 
			 Cumbria 3,383 16,638 20,021 3,591 16,042 19,633 2,729 14,147 16,876 
			 Derbyshire 4,172 29,321 33,493 4,222 28,869 33,091 3,113 24,294 27,407 
			 Devon and Cornwall 9,778 56,585 66,363 9,145 50,057 59,202 7,247 43,773 51,020 
			 Dorset 6,690 35,492 42,182 5,105 31,255 36,360 5,123 30,832 35,955 
			 Durham 5,409 16,007 21,416 4,589 14,622 19,211 3,361 11,837 15,198 
			 Essex 7,279 41,459 48,738 6,418 39,577 45,995 6,099 40,630 46,729 
			 Gloucestershire 4,346 22,524 26,870 3,458 19,330 22,788 2,681 18,500 21,181 
			 Greater Manchester 39,405 172,419 211,824 32,166 167,237 199,403 21,905 145,927 167,832 
			 Hampshire 12,085 54,270 66,355 10,342 50,553 60,895 8,383 41,153 49,536 
			 Hertfordshire 5,026 31,798 36,824 2,317 34,856 37,173 2,081 35,353 37,434 
			 Humberside 6,653 27,476 34,129 6,741 29,076 35,817 5,279 26,083 31,362 
			 Kent 9,904 42,651 52,555 11,732 51,853 63,585 9,163 43,175 52,338 
			 Lancashire 14,985 70,984 85,969 11,777 55,388 67,165 12,667 56,488 69,155 
			 Leicestershire 11,295 54,442 65,737 8,860 44,134 52,994 5,184 26,483 31,667 
			 Lincolnshire 6,087 33,845 39,932 6,196 36,036 42,232 5,168 30,731 35,899 
			 London, city of 940 13,002 13,942 649 17,433 18,082 572 13,112 13,684 
			 Merseyside 14,662 46,580 61,242 14,961 48,615 63,576 10,848 38,073 48,921 
			 Metropolitan Police District 36,698 164,851 201,549 35,343 182,289 217,632 30,952 163,297 194,249 
			 Norfolk 5,032 22,989 28,021 4,023 19,797 23,820 3,605 18,988 22,593 
			 Northamptonshire 4,286 23,461 27,747 5,567 27,946 33,513 3,614 22,800 26,414 
			 Northumbria 12,168 50,995 63,163 9,464 50,421 59,885 8,961 50,026 58,987 
			 North Yorkshire 4,169 15,674 19,843 3,879 17,617 21,496 3,283 14,535 17,818 
			 Nottinghamshire 10,046 29,091 39,137 8,044 29,565 37,609 5,983 24,899 30,882 
			 South Yorkshire 10,724 42,738 53,462 7,890 40,931 48,821 8,132 38,401 46,533 
			 Staffordshire 7,283 29,739 37,022 7,067 35,722 42,789 6,465 34,364 40,829 
			 Suffolk 6,134 28,336 34,470 5,743 31,179 36,922 4,541 26,393 30,934 
			 Surrey 3,157 15,770 18,927 2,656 9,972 12,628 2,735 15,993 18,728 
			 Sussex 4,925 27,881 32,806 3,260 13,540 16,800 3,402 24,233 27,635 
			 Thames Valley 9,688 56,051 65,739 7,723 58,285 66,008 6,835 50,243 57,078 
			 Warwickshire 3,250 16,564 19,814 3,048 18,661 21,709 2,272 15,518 17,790 
			 West Mercia 5,776 32,814 38,590 2,957 26,318 29,275 3,282 32,483 35,765 
			 West Midlands 32,199 150,203 182,402 26,980 155,270 182,250 20,646 137,374 158,020 
			 West Yorkshire 21,176 94,169 115,345 25,258 137,639 162,897 16,598 115,030 131,628 
			 Wiltshire 4,414 29,255 33,669 4,270 27,007 31,277 4,369 27,027 31,396 
			 Dyfed Powys 3,412 19,343 22,755 2,315 15,657 17,972 2,899 15,853 18,752 
			 Gwent 4,295 21,058 25,353 4,011 18,117 22,128 3,656 16,499 20,155 
			 North Wales 5,535 29,787 35,322 5,129 29,443 34,572 3,653 22,687 26,340 
			 South Wales 17,733 70,468 88,201 17,992 73,797 91,789 13,215 58,476 71,691 
			   
			 England and Wales 407,861 1,903,444 2,311,305 364,491 1,916,662 2,281,153 295,716 1,712,216 2,007,932 
		
	
	
		
			   2006  2007 
			  Police force area  Under 21  21 and over  Total  Under 21  21 and over  Total 
			 Avon and Somerset 9,075 54,124 63,199 6,873 44,036 50,909 
			 Bedfordshire 3,215 23,365 26,580 2,220 18,779 20,999 
			 Cambridgeshire 2,930 21,143 24,073 1,846 16,752 18,598 
			 Cheshire 3,501 21,377 24,878 2,877 23,708 26,585 
			 Cleveland 3,398 13,218 16,616 2,070 10,331 12,401 
			 Cumbria 2,501 13,952 16,453 2,281 12,347 14,628 
			 Derbyshire 2,421 18,412 20,833 2,170 19,105 21,275 
			 Devon and Cornwall 7,132 40,036 47,168 5,104 29,753 34,857 
			 Dorset 3,665 25,496 29,161 2,462 21,673 24,135 
			 Durham 2,220 8,535 10,755 2,382 8,803 11,185 
			 Essex 5,109 34,370 39,479 4,658 34,468 39,126 
			 Gloucestershire 1,525 15,611 17,136 617 13,507 14,124 
			 Greater Manchester 15,660 114,030 129,690 9,466 78,119 87,585 
			 Hampshire 5,948 32,357 38,305 5,410 28,038 33,448 
			 Hertfordshire 1,581 32,215 33,796 1,414 25,519 26,933 
			 Humberside 4,572 20,463 25,035 2,978 15,285 18,263 
			 Kent 6,886 35,033 41,919 4,250 29,124 33,374 
			 Lancashire 9,512 53,869 63,381 7,617 45,249 52,866 
			 Leicestershire 3,533 21,224 24,757 2,317 17,545 19,862 
			 Lincolnshire 4,049 26,785 30,834 2,931 20,947 23,878 
			 London, city of 421 11,064 11,485 441 14,773 15,214 
			 Merseyside 5,281 28,147 33,428 3,848 29,442 33,290 
			 Metropolitan Police District 25,192 148,252 173,444 20,468 133,648 154,116 
			 Norfolk 3,442 19,654 23,096 3,041 14,994 18,035 
			 Northamptonshire 2,772 20,497 23,269 1,436 11,856 13,292 
			 Northumbria 7,647 43,546 51,193 5,716 37,636 43,352 
			 North Yorkshire 2,557 11,825 14,382 2,315 12,942 15,257 
			 Nottinghamshire 4,241 20,706 24,947 3,168 20,218 23,386 
			 South Yorkshire 6,551 35,142 41,693 4,239 26,229 30,468 
			 Staffordshire 4,980 28,332 33,312 3,647 25,392 29,039 
			 Suffolk 3,221 22,646 25,867 2,393 17,855 20,248 
			 Surrey 2,445 15,755 18,200 2,868 18,230 21,098 
			 Sussex 3,433 23,671 27,104 2,979 23,852 26,831 
			 Thames Valley 6,030 44,181 50,211 5,003 35,919 40,922 
			 Warwickshire 1,875 13,165 15,040 1,577 10,370 11,947 
			 West Mercia 2,538 32,096 34,634 3,149 26,753 29,902 
			 West Midlands 15,281 109,199 124,480 11,579 86,076 97,655 
			 West Yorkshire 11,508 91,545 103,053 9,733 67,620 77,353 
			 Wiltshire 3,789 24,734 28,523 2,651 20,529 23,180 
			 Dyfed Powys 2,259 13,620 15,879 1,898 11,438 13,336 
			 Gwent 3,277 15,523 18,800 2,245 14,323 16,568 
			 North Wales 3,546 24,300 27,846 2,559 17,932 20,491 
			 South Wales 11,354 53,018 64,372 8,349 42,492 50,841 
			
			 England and Wales 232,073 1,476,233 1,708,306 177,245 1,233,607 1,410,852 
			 (1) It is known that for some police force areas the reporting of court proceedings, in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source:  OCJR EA (Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Evidence and Analysis Unit), Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Findings of guilt at all courts for motoring offences, by age group, in England and Wales, by  police force area 2003- 07( 1,)( )( 2) 
			   2003  2004  2005 
			  Police force area  Under 21  21 and over  Total  Under 21  21 and over  Total  Under 21  21 and over  Total 
			 Avon and Somerset 7,888 45,390 53,278 7,471 45,642 53,113 6,461 37,442 43,903 
			 Bedfordshire 2,714 14,341 17,055 2,051 9,394 11,445 1,971 14,802 16,773 
			 Cambridgeshire 2,642 9,434 12,076 2,232 10,136 12,368 2,041 12,402 14,443 
			 Cheshire 4,515 22,880 27,395 4,606 26,977 31,583 3,539 21,598 25,137 
			 Cleveland 4,144 16,386 20,530 3,844 16,523 20,367 3,005 11,667 14,672 
			 Cumbria 2,569 12,437 15,006 2,775 12,132 14,907 2,101 10,739 12,840 
			 Derbyshire 3,368 23,291 26,659 3,442 23,394 26,836 2,551 19,907 22,458 
			 Devon and Cornwall 5,685 34,368 40,053 5,575 30,837 36,412 4,543 27,057 31,600 
			 Dorset 3,264 17,536 20,800 2,446 15,534 17,980 2,546 16,046 18,592 
			 Durham 4,225 11,766 15,991 3,618 10,465 14,083 2,555 7,976 10,531 
			 Essex 5,661 31,848 37,509 5,035 31,188 36,223 4,822 32,614 37,436 
			 Gloucestershire 2,193 12,273 14,466 2,174 11,984 14,158 1,567 10,438 12,005 
			 Greater Manchester 22,975 101,454 124,429 19,174 97,430 116,604 14,069 87,439 101,508 
			 Hampshire 8,729 40,453 49,182 7,616 37,342 44,958 6,228 31,243 37,471 
			 Hertfordshire 3,575 22,099 25,674 1,777 24,831 26,608 1,560 25,453 27,013 
			 Humberside 5,013 20,116 25,129 5,166 20,771 25,937 4,256 18,903 23,159 
			 Kent 6,640 30,646 37,286 7,582 35,310 42,892 6,276 31,531 37,807 
			 Lancashire 10,081 47,358 57,439 7,689 36,112 43,801 8,034 35,487 43,521 
			 Leicestershire 7,747 37,739 45,486 6,670 30,362 37,032 4,042 18,985 23,027 
			 Lincolnshire 4,293 24,873 29,166 4,497 26,940 31,437 3,553 22,302 25,855 
			 London, city of 595 7,866 8,461 339 7,860 8,199 425 10,433 10,858 
			 Merseyside 10,488 33,539 44,027 10,274 33,923 44,197 7,919 27,663 35,582 
			 Metropolitan Police District 26,932 115,925 142,857 27,416 136,729 164,145 24,167 123,456 147,623 
			 Norfolk 3,445 16,970 20,415 2,958 15,213 18,171 2,571 14,849 17,420 
			 Northamptonshire 2,776 17,100 19,876 3,706 20,166 23,872 2,313 16,472 18,785 
			 Northumbria 8,769 36,116 44,885 7,080 37,449 44,529 6,949 37,206 44,155 
			 North Yorkshire 2,576 9,279 11,855 2,420 10,627 13,047 2,239 9,682 11,921 
			 Nottinghamshire 8,145 23,892 32,037 6,688 24,591 31,279 4,975 21,331 26,306 
			 South Yorkshire 7,443 29,702 37,145 5,866 30,005 35,871 6,022 28,768 34,790 
			 Staffordshire 5,183 20,841 26,024 5,266 24,130 29,396 4,721 23,163 27,884 
			 Suffolk 3,319 14,348 17,667 3,278 15,663 18,941 2,679 14,717 17,396 
			 Surrey 2,428 11,558 13,986 2,055 7,213 9,268 2,180 12,591 14,771 
			 Sussex 3,529 18,379 21,908 2,537 8,742 11,279 2,673 18,015 20,688 
			 Thames Valley 6,665 40,562 47,227 5,457 44,217 49,674 5,033 38,350 43,383 
			 Warwickshire 2,333 12,600 14,933 2,514 14,849 17,363 1,892 12,686 14,578 
			 West Mercia 4,226 23,444 27,670 2,340 18,115 20,455 2,566 24,526 27,092 
			 West Midlands 20,651 93,245 113,896 18,301 101,760 120,061 14,035 91,532 105,567 
			 West Yorkshire 13,404 57,970 71,374 15,457 80,990 96,447 10,434 67,913 78,347 
			 Wiltshire 2,426 16,720 19,146 2,435 15,709 18,144 2,297 15,127 17,424 
			 Dyfed Powys 2,283 12,701 14,984 1,612 10,504 12,116 1,970 10,580 12,550 
			 Gwent 3,569 15,876 19,445 3,393 13,413 16,806 3,000 12,535 15,535 
			 North Wales 3,594 20,356 23,950 3,687 21,450 25,137 2,743 17,445 20,188 
			 South Wales 10,422 40,777 51,199 10,324 42,009 52,333 7,568 33,773 41,341 
			 England and Wales 273,122 1,266,454 1,539,576 250,843 1,288,631 1,539,474 207,091 1,176,844 1,383,935 
		
	
	
		
			   2006  2007 
			  Police force area  Under 21  21 and over  Total  Under 21  21 and over  Total 
			 Avon and Somerset 5,941 33,549 39,490 4,545 27,524 32,069 
			 Bedfordshire 1,858 14,563 16,421 1,458 13,143 14,601 
			 Cambridgeshire 2,219 15,868 18,087 1,569 13,267 14,836 
			 Cheshire 2,877 17,780 20,657 2,378 19,859 22,237 
			 Cleveland 2,880 10,195 13,075 1,765 7,924 9,689 
			 Cumbria 1,949 10,683 12,632 1,857 9,980 11,837 
			 Derbyshire 2,085 15,434 17,519 1,845 16,646 18,491 
			 Devon and Cornwall 4,553 23,943 28,496 3,618 20,582 24,200 
			 Dorset 1,819 13,839 15,658 1,557 11,278 12,835 
			 Durham 1,733 6,086 7,819 1,942 6,783 8,725 
			 Essex 4,291 28,308 32,599 3,941 28,866 32,807 
			 Gloucestershire 960 10,046 11,006 418 9,578 9,996 
			 Greater Manchester 10,929 74,539 85,468 7,349 56,232 63,581 
			 Hampshire 4,720 25,462 30,182 4,646 23,508 28,154 
			 Hertfordshire 1,261 23,334 24,595 1,125 18,652 19,777 
			 Humberside 3,779 15,893 19,672 2,500 11,638 14,138 
			 Kent 5,336 27,635 32,971 3,642 24,370 28,012 
			 Lancashire 6,041 33,819 39,860 5,020 30,540 35,560 
			 Leicestershire 2,787 15,940 18,727 1,942 12,893 14,835 
			 Lincolnshire 2,983 20,395 23,378 2,164 16,357 18,521 
			 London, city of 271 7,038 7,309 287 8,656 8,943 
			 Merseyside 4,113 22,491 26,604 3,126 23,286 26,412 
			 Metropolitan Police District 20,604 118,598 139,202 17,081 110,879 127,960 
			 Norfolk 2,519 15,344 17,863 2,191 11,584 13,775 
			 Northamptonshire 1,763 14,669 16,432 1,317 11,217 12,534 
			 Northumbria 6,142 33,680 39,822 4,679 29,554 34,233 
			 North Yorkshire 1,855 8,268 10,123 1,755 9,591 11,346 
			 Nottinghamshire 3,588 17,701 21,289 2,677 17,441 20,118 
			 South Yorkshire 5,000 27,121 32,121 3,437 21,470 24,907 
			 Staffordshire 3,774 20,064 23,838 2,989 18,284 21,273 
			 Suffolk 2,137 13,184 15,321 1,787 11,884 13,671 
			 Surrey 1,950 12,919 14,869 2,286 14,703 16,989 
			 Sussex 2,676 18,134 20,810 2,451 18,738 21,189 
			 Thames Valley 4,591 34,812 39,403 3,990 28,653 32,643 
			 Warwickshire 1,590 10,747 12,337 1,347 8,516 9,863 
			 West Mercia 2,087 24,689 26,776 2,515 20,350 22,865 
			 West Midlands 10,516 72,523 83,039 7,920 57,784 65,704 
			 West Yorkshire 7,337 55,512 62,849 6,323 42,448 48,771 
			 Wiltshire 2,102 14,228 16,330 1,533 12,550 14,083 
			 Dyfed Powys 1,545 9,066 10,611 1,416 7,833 9,249 
			 Gwent 2,666 12,111 14,777 1,914 10,553 12,467 
			 North Wales 2,693 18,937 21,630 1,904 13,950 15,854 
			 South Wales 6,472 30,380 36,852 4,915 25,526 30,441 
			 England and Wales 168,992 1,049,527 1,218,519 135,121 915,070 1,050,191 
			 (1 )It is known that for some police force areas the reporting of court proceedings, in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source:  OCJR EA (Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Evidence and Analysis Unit), Ministry of Justice

Release on Licence

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were released on temporary licence in  (a) 2007-08 and  (b) 2008-09.

Jack Straw: Records are not held of the number of prisoners granted temporary release. However, the numbers of temporary release licenses issued in 2007-08 was 441,167. This figure is the total of all individual licences issued, as some prisoners will be granted temporary release on a number of occasions and as a result will be issued with multiple licences over the course of a year. The 2008-09 figure will be published in the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2008 at the end of July 2009. The publication of this bulletin has been pre-announced on the Ministry of Justice and the United Kingdom Statistics Authority websites.
	Release on temporary licence is the mechanism that enables prisoners to participate in necessary activities, outside of the prison establishment, that directly contribute to their resettlement into the community and their development of a purposeful law abiding life. Prisoners are not granted temporary release unless they meet the eligibility criteria and pass a stringent risk assessment.

Young Offenders: Crimes of Violence

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what the average sentence for a  (a) section 18 and  (b) section 20 grievous bodily harm offence for those aged (i) 21 years and over and (ii) under 21 years old was in 2007-08;
	(2)  what the average sentence for those over the age of 21 years convicted of a section 47 offence was in 2007-08.

Claire Ward: The available data are shown in the following table. Data for 2008 will not be available until Sentencing Statistics 2008 is published later in the year.
	
		
			  Offenders aged over 21 and under 21 sentenced under sections 18,20 and 47 of Offences Against the Persons Act 1861,2007 
			   Offender aged 21 and over  Offender aged under 21 
			  Section 18( 1)   
			 Total number sentenced 1,107 627 
			 Absolute discharge 1 2 
			 Conditional discharge 0 0 
			 Fine 2 2 
			 Community sentence 20 65 
			 Fully suspended sentence 18 18 
			 Immediate custody 1,024 524 
			 Otherwise dealt with 42 16 
			 Number of indeterminate sentences 304 95 
			 ACSL (months) for determinate sentences 47.3 37.7 
			
			  Section 20( 2)   
			 Total number sentenced 2,955 1.592 
			 Absolute discharge 2 2 
			 Conditional discharge 20 14 
			 Fine 19 14 
			 Community sentence 372 622 
			 Fully suspended sentence 975 218 
			 Immediate custody 1492 692 
			 Otherwise dealt with 75 30 
			 ACSL (months) 20.1 16.1 
			
			  Section 47( 3)   
			 Total number sentenced 10,118  
			 Absolute discharge 16  
			 Conditional discharge 413  
			 Fine 359  
			 Community sentence 3,068  
			 Fully suspended sentence 3,086  
			 Immediate custody 2,821  
			 Otherwise dealt with 355  
			 ACSL (months) 11.5  
			 (1) Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm (2) Malicious wounding, racially aggravated malicious wounding, religiously aggravated malicious wounding, racially or religiously aggravated malicious wounding (3) Assault occasioning actual bodily harm, racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm, religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm, racially or religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm,  Note s : ACSL excludes indeterminate sentences. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source:  OMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	The table shows the sentences handed down to and the average custodial sentence length (ACSL) for determinate sentences for those aged 21 and over under sections 18, section 20 and 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 for 2007. The table also shows the sentences handed down to and the ACSL for offenders aged under 21, sentenced under sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 for 2007. Also included is the number of indeterminate sentences for the section 18 offences. These data are based on the offences under section 18, section 20 and section 47, where such offences were the principal offences for which the offender was sentenced. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed, where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.